Promotion of Xiaomi’s Large Model Lead

Most people would be willing, I’d say.

The connector of tomorrow’s world will be smart AI, and terminal devices will be the hardware running that AI. If Apple doesn’t build its own AI, the entire Apple ecosystem will gradually hand over its data to partner AI companies.

If future dominance is measured by company rather than individual, then integrated hardware-software ecosystems—where human interaction terminals act as the interface, AI serves as the central orchestration layer for hardware, and even sub-agent AI-powered devices (think combat robots, or the helmets, augmented-reality glasses, and wellness pods from old cyberpunk novels) — will become reality.

Companies with complete ecosystems stand the best chance of becoming the umbrella protectors—the real powers steering the world’s fate, as seen in the Alien franchise.